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Carson Blodow Class began with a discussion on the Principles of Design (see tab above). The project involved developing the illusion of space by drawing vertical or horizontal parallel lines across a composition of nonobjective shapes (circles, squares, rectangles and half circles). Carson's drawing above illustrates how a series of parallel lines will suggest a texture as well as tonalities. The composition is asymmetrically balanced with a movement established from the dark circle in the lower left, moving up to the triangle on the right and up again to the circles in the upper left corner. Depth is established by the diminishing size of the shapes as well as their diagonal, zig-zagging placement within the composition.

Gwenny Williams Last Thursday students completed drawing their two-point perspective projects by adding tonalities and contours in ink. Gwenny's drawing above illustrates a zig-zag movement by way of the solid black shapes distributed across the structure. She has also used repetition in shapes (see the elliptical windows) and texture as well (see the parallel hatches and stippling). Gwenny has employed the principles of design very effectively.